I'm not exactly sure which was the dumber decision on Santonio's part...

Smoking weed to begin with.

Smoking weed after you have been in two other altercations in the past.

Smoking weed near the Hill District where there is always a police presence. Real smart.

Eitherway, a little slap on the wrist from Rooney. If you can knock down a door, break a cell phone, physically attack a woman and not miss a game, I'm sure Holmes will be fine. Now if his first name was Cedrick and last name Wilson, that's a different story.

Holmes, who was not carrying his driver's license, admitted to having a small amount of marijuana and pointed out the blunts -- a cigar filled with marijuana -- to officers.

Holmes, 24, will be sent a summons charging him with possession of marijuana.

Police said they stopped Holmes because they had been looking for a black sport utility vehicle with out-of-state plates believed to be carrying a large amount of narcotics. Police said Holmes was driving a black SUV with out-of-state plates, but it was not the vehicle they were seeking.

Holmes is in his third season with the Steelers. He is second on the team in receiving with 22 catches for 360 yards and one touchdown. He has 118 catches for 2,037 yards and 11 touchdowns in his NFL career.

Holmes, a native of Belle Glade, Fla., was the Steelers' No. 1 draft pick in 2006 out of Ohio State University. He was the school's fifth all-time receiver when he left school with 140 receptions for 2,295 yards.

Holmes was arrested in June 2006 on charges of domestic violence in Columbus, Ohio. He was charged with assaulting LaShae Boone, the mother of one of his three children. The charges were dropped when Boone chose not to go forward with the case.

Holmes was also arrested for disorderly conduct in Miami in May 2006. Those charges were later dropped by the Miami Police Department.

It's a hot night. The mind races. You think about your knife; the only friend who hasn't betrayed you, the only friend who won't be dead by sun up. Sleep tight, mates, in your quilted Chambray nightshirts.

Why, why, WHY does these young men do this crazy-ass stuff? Didn't they learn anything from Michael & Marcus Vick, among the many others? Is burning some weed worth losing your respectability, money, whatever?? F-ing THINK!

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"Now that I'm here, I don't want to just be here, I want to be here for a long time." Hines Ward, 1998 4th round draft pick.